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Sounds like a win-win to me!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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OriginalGriff wrote:
FORMAT C:
I know, I know, and this will come back to bite me, I'm sure.
I need the machine up and running yesterday, though, so I'm taking a chance. 
cheers
Chris Maunder
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- Make a backup of the entire disk
- Clean install your O/S of choice and any desired applications (including the backup utility)
- Restore any data required from the backup
- Profit!
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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I always buy a copy of windows to install onto a new laptop. Their pre-installed windows is usually polluted with crap that doesn't work all the way. I understand the reason they (the laptop manufacturers) do it, but they should also provide a restore point that allows you to eliminate the crap-ware in one fell swoop instead of forcing you to either a) delete each crap-ware package one at a time, or b) force you to do it the way I do it - with an unfettered copy of Windows (which takes a LOT less time).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Somewhere Mr. Norton is tied up and duct taped with only the muffled "Let me go! - who are you people"
audible from him.
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Norton was gold back in the day.
The Peter Norton assembly language book and "programmers reference" were just awesome.
Seems like nothings that damn good anymore.
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Chris Maunder wrote: It says "Get layered protection
You know, when the rest of the world says this... it means something totally different.
Jeremy Falcon
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For Chris it means he's going out for a long bike ride in -10°C temperatures.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I think about -4C was my coldest this season. I am getting soft in my old age.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Same here. I haven't run outside in over a month, for largely the same reason.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I can't believe it took 13hrs for someone to make that joke.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Better late than never.
Jeremy Falcon
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Some years ago (XP days?) I had a Norton infestation. They actually had one good and useful (free) product. A "remove everything Norton" tool. No idea if it's still there, but it might be worth a look.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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There was a time when Norton was good and loved by all. Norton Commander anyone? It could be removed simply with del *.*
Ok there were some people that used xTree Gold but we don't talk about them.
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When I buy a new machine like this, I blow out everything and start fresh with a clean install of the OS, then take it from there.
IMHO, you are wasting your time trying to delete from the machine what you don't want; some of which, will never leave.
Just a thought. 
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I just gave up on trying to be Mr Nice Guy.
Blowing away partition and starting from scratch.
Why does this have to be so painful?
(and as a Windows user I have to say: Apple does this WAY, way better)
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: Why does this have to be so painful?
I often ask myself the same question, and I often get no answers. 
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That was when he was an elite programmer/writer/teacher. Now he's a rich company owner, what did you expect? Also, I bet he's not remotely involved in the software design/functionality - probably spends most of his time in his beach mansion on some fancy pacific island. 
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Peter hasn't been involved with Norton Utilities for aeons. Unfortunately.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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They'll say the same about you too soon I'd imagine.
Remember Chris Maunder, the Aussie MFC hacker who wrote all those neat controls. Well, now he's a fat middle aged beer drinker living in Canada
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Hey - I didn't call Peter fat! (But if being fat and drinking beer is what's needed to be as successful as he is, where do I sign?)
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Are you insinuating something about him (CM)? 
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I was on the support team at Symantec when they released Norton Utilities v.3 for Windows 95. I always felt bad for the callers who were mystified that after installing the entire product they could not find their deleted files in the recovery tool. They didn't read the manual; didn't use the floppy boot disk DOS-based recovery tool. Oops...
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